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Dundalk wrote:More $*i*e football tonight and the same against Wigan the other night

Its depressing to watch

Dundalk wrote:Anyone remember THIS

That boys and girls was a game a long long time ago when our beloved team use to play swashbuckling football and shoot when they got the chance. A time where we would take the game to our opponents because we were Liverpool Football Club.  Ask your grandparents about it kids because it was a wonderful time and its a story worth listening too..........



And now reality.


The sad thing about it is that that was less then a year ago! A run of 3 games which seen us put 4 past Real Madrid, 4 past Manchester United and 5 past Aston Villa. We were 3 up against Real Madrid after 46 mins and they would have no complaints if it had have been 10, we were all over them, went at them from the start and didn't give them a min on the ball. Madrid dint know what hit them, Raul said he had never seen anything like it and all Casillas (only for him it would have been double figures) could say nothing after the game. He walked off the pitch in tears and had to be consoled by captain Raul.

This was less than a year ago!!


Fast forward to the present day and Casillas would be be in tears laughing going off the pitch because he wouldn't have had anything to do, because as an attacking force the great Liverpool Football Club play there football like a team managed by Sam Alderdyce. Hoof it up the pitch and hope for a break, but in fairness to Sam when his team hoof it up the pitch there is usually someone up there who can win a header, someone who can maybe control it and lay a pass back. When we hoof the ball up the pitch all the happens is the oppressing centre halves just head it back. And this goes on for 90 mins!!


Lets have a look at our last 14 games


Liverpool 2-1 Wigan

A narrow victory against a poor team, we got an early goal and didnt threaten much after that until Nando popped up with a second


Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool

Away from home and seemed happy to sit and hopefully sneak something on the break but even after the scored there first we never looked like scoring


Liverpool 2-0 Wolves

Shocking first half in with we created very little, it took a dodgy red card for Wolves to open them up and a great header from Gerrard.


Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

A shockingly dull game in which we flooded the middle of the park and were more worried about what Villa could do to us. A winner in the last min from out jewel in the crown but a hardly deserved 3 points.


Reading 1-1 Liverpool

We go a goal down to a team fighting relegation from the Championship and its takes a dodgy enough cross come shot from Gerrard to go in at half time 1-1. Come out for the second half thinking we will go on to win when in the end we were lucky to escape with the draw.


Liverpool 1-2 Reading

At home. Against Reading. Reading!! We need a own goal to go a goal up and what do we do in the second half? We sit and try and protect out lead. Against Reading. Reading!! Shocking performance.


Stoke 1-1 Liverpool

We got a draw out of this one and we should thank our selves lucky we did. Yes i know that scored late on but as soon as we scored (from a set piece) they were all over us and had about 100 corners as we just sat back and invited them on


Liverpool 2-0 Spurs

The turning point. A scrappy scrappy game and a hard fought win but there was some hope after this one. Not pretty to watch but a good 3 points and everyone is starting to feel good again.


Wolves 0-0 Liverpool

And then we are straight back to watching muck again. Another terrible game to watch (is anyone seeing a pattern here!) in which we could have easily been beat but again Rafa seemed happy to come away with a point. Against Wolves. Wolves!!


Liverpool 2-0 Bolton

Another own goal and one from Kuyt gives us the 3 points in a game that will hardly live in the memory. 3 points against a team that plays similar football to us!


Liverpool 1 - 0 Everton

A game that suits our style of play down to the ground, lots of long balls and loads of tackles, the winning goal comes from a set piece but the game will be remembered for the yellow and red cards rather then the football played. In fairness though these games are always like this.


Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool

Again flood the midfield and stop them from playing, another terrible game to watch and we just about came alive after they scored.


Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni

Another snooze-fest. Yeah they sat back but it was sad to see how for we have become trying to unlock a defense. A difficult game to watch for any fan.


Man City 0-0 Liverpool


There was a rumor going round after the match that the people in Eastlands had to sound a horn after the match to wake everyone up and tell them to go home. A shockingly poor match which just about summed up our style of play at the moment




Now a lot will say that we are missing Fernando Torres for most of these matches and its true that we are but he has still played in a lot of the games above and we still play the same type of football, we have a lot of attack minded players in the squad.


Alberto Aquilani
Steven Gerrard
Fernando Torres
Albert Riera
Yossi Benayoun
Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Maxi Rodriguez
Dirk Kuyt
Ryan Babel
David Ngog


So why are we playing this type of football? Its down to the manager and it cant go on. I really want to get 4th place this season but not playing like this. If we get it then excellent but surely we can expect a little more from our team.


Pass and move its the Liverpool groove.


Not anymore I'm afraid.